Sorry for those of you who follow me on Facebook for I already posted a similar photo recently. The thing is that when I went to Montmartre last week I noted that the love locks craze (some call it a plague!) has started over there too. There is a grid from where you can see the Eiffel Tower - from where I took this photo - and people have started hanging locks on it. The Paris town hall is trying to do something - especially on the Pont des Arts - see this little timelapse - but I'm not sure what will finally be done...
PS : if you understand French, I also encourage you to have a look at this interesting TV report.
PS : if you understand French, I also encourage you to have a look at this interesting TV report.
Have the local locksmiths get together and have a lock picking party. The smith that has the most locks after a set period of time gets free advertisement in the city. There has to be a divers school in Paris, same idea only with keys on the bottom of the river.
ReplyDeleteLovelock or not, I'd love to travel with a lot of love Inside my heart and see the same things with the same eyes for two ... Then, I can perfectly understand the lovelock symbol even if throwing the keys into the Seine might not be very indicated for the environment. I haven't thrown anything into the Seine yet I swear! But I won't say I will never !
ReplyDeleteYes, it is becoming a plague on the senses. We have that happening here too on a footbridge.
ReplyDeleteI wish they would make an art installation where you could do this without having to worry about making bridges crash into the Seine! :) I would love to do this, to leave a little piece there, but there should be a way to make it easy to do, safe for the residents, and not an eyesore on every bridge or fence!
ReplyDeleteI like the first Anon's idea. But maybe it would be worth it to the city to invest in police patrols on the bridges. If people begin to realize they'll get arrested for this pollution, maybe they'll think twice.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite quaint and charming.....but if hundreds were to appear it would not be so! You captured the perfect scene, though, and it warmed my heart.
ReplyDeleteI am going to view the video, even though I don't know French (yet, yet.....)
Happy Earth Day, Eric!
I have returned after viewing the news video. Oh My! That is not so charming to see so many locks, and it is depressing to watch people throw the keys into the Seine. What is cute on a small scale becomes outright pollution (as Petrea noted) on the grand scale. It will be interesting to watch the outcome on this trend.
ReplyDeleteIt is moving to know that that many loving couples are circulating in Paris everyday.
ReplyDeleteI love the title of your post ...! I don't think the authorities will be able to avoid the spreading of love. Now, the lovelocks disease, that is another question. I agree that their proliferation is amazingly noticeable...!Does it make sense to lock the Love ? Seriously ...? ;)
ReplyDeleteVirginia (Paris Through My Lens) posted a poignant photo of the locks last week: http://paristhroughmylens.blogspot.com/2014/04/enough-is-enough.html
ReplyDeleteIt's a problem, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI was with Virginia when she took her photo. I took some too and posted mine recently here.
I thought Bibi had a great solution in the comments (much like Christie's here today).
I truly prefer too many lovelocks in a peaceful city than too many guns in any besieged town...
ReplyDeleteComes from people happy to be in the city & together.
But I'll think about the place where I could lock mine one day, or one night, somewhere else... !